Inovev forecasts 75,000 sales per year of the new Opel Frontera SUV
- The Stellantis group has just presented the new Frontera SUV (code OV24), positioned between the B and the C segments, which replaces the Crossland and shares most of its body with the recent Citroën C3 Aircross, which has the disadvantage of a real lack distinctive Opel style.
- Compared to the old Crossland, the new Frontera (which takes the name of an Opel SUV from the 90s) is 18 centimeters longer (4.39 m instead of 4.21 m), thus standing out in terms of dimensions to the much more compact Opel Mokka SUV (4.16 m).
- The new Frontera takes up the Small Car platform of the recent Citroën C3 and C3 Aircross, a platform that will also be used by the future Fiat Panda (launched in July 2024). This platform is, remember, a version of the STLA-Small platform which makes it possible to design low-cost cars capable of competing with the Dacia of the Renault group.
- Like the recent C3 Aircross, the Frontera will be offered in a five or seven-seater version. By being at the top of the B-segment in terms of dimensions, at the limit of the C-segment, the new Frontera directly competes the Dacia Jogger and Dacia Duster. The Frontera will be powered by a 1.2 petrol engine of 100 hp (74 kW), a 1.2 mild-hybrid (MHEV) 48V petrol engine of 136 hp (100 kW) and a battery electric motor of 113 hp (83 kW) coupled to a 44 kWh battery similar to the e-C3 which allows a range of around 350 km.
- Inovev forecasts a production of 75,000 units per year at the Slovak Trnava site alongside the Citroën C3 and C3 Aircross (while the Opel Crossland was produced at the Spanish Zaragoza site).